Overcoat.



F. A. BUTLER.

OVERCOAT.

APPLICATION FILED APR-24.1916.

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Application filed April 24, 1916.

2'0 aZZ whom 2'5 may concern:

Beit known that T, Fnnons A. BUTLER, a

citizen of the, United States, residing at lowing Dan'vers, inthe countyof Essex and State ofl/[assachusetts have invented certain Improvements,in .Overcoats, of which the foldescription, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters onthe drawings indiratinglikc parts in the single figure.

This invention relates to overcoats, ulsiels, reefers and similaroutside garments hereinail'er, for convenience, referred to genericallyas overcoats, and which are designed to be worn in very cold weather.The invention has forits chief object to de vise a garment of thisgeneral type which will afiord the wearer greater protection againstcold than do garments of this kind as usually constructed.

The manner in which it is proposed to accomplish this object, and thevarious features of the invention, will be readily understood from thefollowing description of one embodiment thereof, reference being made tothe single figure or" the accompanying drawings, which shows inelevation the inside of an overcoat constructed in accordance with thisinvention.

The overcoat shown in the drawings is constructed in the usual manner,except that it has a short loose skirt or flap 2, secured to the insidethereof in position to encircle the body of the wearer. The upper edgeof this skirt is sewed, or secured, in any suitable manner to the insideof the coat from a point about where the lining begins on one side toabout the point where it ends on the opposite side. This arrangementleaves two free end portions a and b of the skirt, which may be fastenedtogether at the front of the coat by means of buttons 4 on one of thesey end portions and corresponding buttonholes I wearers 6 provided forthem in the other end portion. The upper edges of these two end parts, aand Z), are also provided with buttonholes 8 and 9 by which they may befastened 0n buttons 10, secured to the inside of the coat just above theend portion 6. For the purpose of securing the lower or free edge of theskirt 2 snugly about .the body this part ofthe skirt is hemmed toreceive a draw string 12, or ian equivalent fastening device.- In theconstruction shown a very flexible belt, pro- Spec ification of LettersPatent.

Patented Feb. 6, rain Serial in. 93,251.

vided with a buckle 14, is used forthis purpose.

The garment of course is put on in the usual way and the ends a and b ofthe skirt .2 are secured together by entering the buttons i in thebuttonholes 6, so that the skirt entirely encircles the wearers body. heupper edges of the end portions a and b of the skirt are then secured tothe inside of the overcoat by buttoning them on the buttons 10, usingthe buttonholes S and f) for this purpose. The draw string, or belt 12,is then pulled up and fastened, thus securing the lower, or free edgesof the skirt, snugly about the wearers body. Since the upper edge ofthis skirt is now secured for substantially its entire length to theinside of the overcoat while the lower edge is fast'ned tightly aroundthe wearers body, I

and windy weather provided some means is employed to keep 1; 1s air frombeing displaced by cold air, or in other words, to prevent aninterchange of the air around the body. The skirt 2 performs thisfunction. It is a well known fact that teamsters,

rangers, woodsmen and others exposed to.

very severe weather find that the warmth of an overcoat is increased bywearing a belt arojmd it.

The reason undoubtedly is that just given; and the construction providedby this invention produces this efiect more efficiently and at the sametime afi ords greater freedom of movement and avoids the clumsiness'caused by wearing a belt around a heavy overcoat.

The skirt 2 obviously should be made of some soft fabric or othersuitable material which will not permit too free a How of air throughit. Theskirt may be located at any height in the coat which the wearerfinds convenient; but preferably should be outside garments, and otherexpedients reseinbling this invention broadly, have been proposedheretofore, the arrangements of this character with which I am familiarhave all proved either relatively expensive or too cumbersome to ,beused to any great extent. I regard the extreme simplicity of theconstruction herein disclosed, and the fact that it adds only a triflingcost to the expense of manufacture of the garment, as important featuresof this invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim asnew and desire tosecure by Let- -ters Patent of the United States is:

1. An overcoat having a short skirt constructed to encircle the wearersbody and secured at its upper edge to the inside of the coat, the otheredge of said skirt being region of the hips, one edge of said skirtbeing secured to the inside of the overcoat in the region between thehips and the arm holes, and the other edge of said skirt being free, aflexible fastening means for securing said free edge of the skirt snuglyabout the body of the wearer, said skirt having ends at the front of theovercoat, and means for fastening said ends together.

3. An overcoat having a short loose skirt constructed to encircle theWearers body, and secured at one edge to the inside of the coat,theother edge of said skirt being free, means for securing said freeedge snugly about the wearers body, said skirt having free end portionsat the front of the overcoat and means for fastening said portionstogether and to the overcoat.

In testimony whereof I- have signed my name to this specification.

FERGUS A. BUTLER.

